Qingniu Medical Hall's "Sweet Epidemic Prevention Parent-Child Showdown" kicked off at Furong Garden, literally transforming the park into a giant garlic-scented candy box. Huwa carved the rockery into a Qingniu that sprayed disinfectant mist, humming a nursery rhyme adapted from Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold. Floating in the pond were garlic-shaped buoys; tugging on one would pop out a little slip of paper reading: "Spit phlegm into the cuspidor."
"The whole family is joining the fray!" Wearing a tiger-head hat, Huwa brandished a glowing "Epidemic Prevention Command Flag" printed with a chibi portrait of himself riding a bull and trampling dysentery bacteria. "Whoever can scare the dysentery bacteria into calling for their mommy using a sweet trick gets a reward of ten jin of explosive garlic-scented candy from Xiaotao Eatery!" The moment his voice fell, the plaza erupted—a little yak belonging to a Tibetan Dawa apprentice carried a mini disinfection stove, scattering Tibetan medicinal incense powder as it ran; a Silla Kim apprentice's child rolled out an "Epidemic Prevention Top Cart," whose spinning top whipped out colorful ribbons printed with formulas from The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.
The adorable epidemic-prevention stunts charmed the entire crowd, with Huwa transforming "garlic steamed buns" into "parent-child transforming toys." Broken apart, the buns could be assembled into storytelling little robots that recounted Huwa's purely fabric…
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